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The oldest is smart, neat and well-behaved in school. The middle child is a sloppy, disheveled mess and the youngest a great performer, a ham, an innovator. Our society has all sorts of stereotypes around birth order and parents often use a child’s p… …

Numerous studies have found that first-born children tend to be more intelligent, ambitious, conscientious, confident, successful…and the list of superlative adjectives goes on. A new study once again finds that these “golden” older children have… …